DRW

Trading

ClientPlatformsSecurityEngineer

$150–200k Chicago, Illinois, United States; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Client Platforms Security Engineer at DRW. Skills: Client OS platforms, Endpoint security, Cybersecurity engineering. Maintain security tools. Manage and coordinate updates”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure client platform infrastructure is protected; Reduce risk footprint across infrastructure

Industry & Context.

Trading

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Scripting/Development experience in any high-level language, Experience maintaining client OS platforms, Understanding of network fundamentals, Deep technical understanding of client OS platforms, Experience with endpoint security suites, Cybersecurity engineering, design, implementation and documentation

Nice to Have

Mobile OS platforms a plus, Experience managing platforms like CrowdStrike, Experience managing platforms like Sentinel One, Experience managing platforms like Carbon Black App Control, Experience working with Qualys, General understanding of vulnerability management processes, Experience scripting with Python, Experience scripting with Powershell, Experience scripting with Linux Shell

What You'll Do.

Maintain security tools

Manage and coordinate updates

Deploy tools and changes

Identify solutions in market

Test market solutions

Ensure OS builds hardened

Document ways to measure effectiveness

Identify process improvements

Automate security hardening checks

Ensure identified risks are triaged

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with security team; Work with platform teams; Work with operation teams

Communication Scope

Verbal communication skills; Written communication skills; Interpersonal communication skills

Full Job Description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. We are seeking a Client Platforms Security Engineer to work with the members of the security team to ensure that our client platform infrastructure, virtual or physical, is properly protected. You will engineer, maintain and implement security controls, audit configurations in a hybrid compute environment. You will generally ensure we are reducing risk footprint across the infrastructure without impacting its effectiveness. A successful candidate will have an attention to detail, the ability to understand what impact their changes will have on the business teams and the services they use.  What you’ll be doing:  Maintain security tools and their associated configurations  Manage and coordinate updates of tools when new versions are released  Working with platform teams to deploy tools and changes as necessary after validating necessary performance and functionality requirements  Identify solutions in the market and test them to see if they prove viable for our environment and use case Work with the platform teams to ensure the OS builds are

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